Support for shades



C. W. DAVIS.

SUPPORT FOR SHADES. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1. 1920.

1 85,984. Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT CORTLAND W. DAVIS, 0F OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOIL TO THE MANTLE LAMI COMPANY OF AMERICA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SUPPORT FOR SHADES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CORTLAND IV. Dnvis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oak Park, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Supports for Shades, of whii'h the following is a specification.

The invention relates to shade-supporting devices of the type which comprises a lampholding harp consisting of arms or rods depending from an ornamental casting which is itself supported from the ceiling or other suitable object. The harp is associated with a band in which the bowl of a lamp is adapted to rest, and said harp carries near its upper end a shade-sustaining band having means for securing the shade thereto.

The present invention relates to the construction of the shade-supporting and shaderetaining devices, objects thereof being to simplify and reduce the cost of manufacture, and to render the attachment and detach ment of the shade convenient.

In the drawings Figure lie 2. view in elevation showing a lamp harp equipped with my shade-supporting and shade-securing device, the supported shade being broken away to reveal the parts inside of said shade;

Fig. 2 is a horizontalsectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view showing a modification of the securing device, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

The harp is of the usual construction, the ornamental casting 1, and the rods 2, which are pendently supported therefrom, being constructed in any desired manner. The rods 2, are broken away at their lower ends, as it is unnecessary to show them, inasmuch as said lower ends and the lamp band which they carry constitute no part of the present invention. The rods are substantially parallel, so that the shade-supporting devices may be connected therewith at any desired altitude.

Surrounding the rods 2, and fixidly connected therewith, is a shade band 3. Said shade band may be continuous or formed in sections, as shown. If formed in sections, the ends of said sections may be made to overlap, as shown in Fig. 2, and securing screws 6, passed through the same and into riveted or otherwise secured to the band 3,

and are preferably three in number and arranged equidistant from each other. Each clip is deflected downward at its free end 4 to conform to the contour of the interior Wall of the shade 7, under which it extends.

The shade 7 is provided with a slight contraction, 7 near the upper end thereof, and this contraction forms a bulge or head on the inside of the shade, just below the plane at which the several thumb screws 5 engage the shade. The shade is thus firmly held in position between the ends 4* of the clips, and the inner ends of the screws 5. It is not essential that the shade should be in contact with the band 3, since the clips 4 and the screws 5, will adequately support said shade and prevent it from rattling, the bulging portion 7 of the shade having diverging walls which are respectively engaged by said clips and said screws.

The modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, involves the employment of the screws 5 as the means for sustaining the clips 4c which, in Fig. 2, are shown as being secured to the band 3 by rivets. In this modification of the device, the screws 5 extend through coincident threaded openings in the band 3, and the clips 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A. shade-supporting device including a ring carrying a plurality of shade supporting clips and a plurality of shade-retaining screws arranged in different planes and adapted to receive between them a portion of a lamp shade.

2. "The combination with a harp, of a shade band, and shade-supporting clips and shade-retaining screws carried by said band.

3. The combination with a shade band, of

a series of attached clips having downwardly adapted to engage the underside of an inwardly pro ecting part of a shade, and having also a series of outwardly projecting retaining devices arranged to engage the shade at points above the inwardly projecting part thereof.

7. A shade supporting fixture, including a shade band, a series of depending and outwardly inclined clips carried by said band and ada Jted to sup aort a shade thereu on 7 and a series of screws in said band to clamp said shade on said clips.

CORTLAND W. DAVIS. 

